Top 15 Short Movies Editor's Choice from 1999

An old fisherman goes out on his fishing trip and makes a huge catch, the biggest of his life. Find out about The Old Man and the Sea / IMDB / YouTube

1967 film student George Lucas has writer's block trying to finish his Space Wheat script, until a beautiful fellow student with a familiar hairstyle teaches him that the best stories are in plain sight. Find out about George Lucas in Love / IMDB / YouTube

A lonely young woman adopts a cat on a rainy day. Find out about She and Her Cat: Their Standing Points / IMDB / YouTube

Footage from The Entity (1982) is edited into an abstract nightmare. Get info on Outer Space / IMDB / YouTube

Twenty-five years after commiting a double murder, Karl Childers is going to be released from an institution for the criminally insane. A local reporter comes to talk to him, and after some fussing about her gender, the institution's director lets her talk to Karl (after all, he'll have to talk to women after his release). Karl talks about his life leading up to the c. Get info on Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade / IMDB / YouTube

Two different families claim the body of a woman killed in a catastrophe. Read about Judgement / IMDB / YouTube

A chance encounter, a juicy yellow lemon and an unfortunate twist of fate will reveal that the symbiotic relationship between people is inextricable. Read about When the Day Breaks / IMDB / YouTube

A narcissistic man satisfies his most ardent fan, himself. Learn about Love Me Not / IMDB / YouTube

When a woman discovers that she has contracted HIV, she decides to hold a grocery store hostage. More about 5:55 / IMDB / YouTube

Any rumors caught your ear lately? Junior Asparagus and Laura Carrot start spreading rumors when they took a figure of speech too literally, which spread over Bumblyburg like a weed - threatening to engulf the whole town. Even Larry-Boy was helpless against the Rumor Weed. Thankfully, Dad Asparagus saves the day when he arrives and convinces the town that God doesn't . Details on VeggieTales: Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed / IMDB / YouTube

A strolling man is walking along a beach and finds a chocolate éclair, ponders over it for a bit and then decides to eat it. He is then suddenly yanked into the sea by a hook and line. Learn about Desserts / IMDB / YouTube

Winnie the Pooh and his friends think Valentine's Day is a monster, so they must stop it. Get info on Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You / IMDB / YouTube

A young scientist discovers a mysterious computer program that's designed to design. When a dubious developer takes the program, and the program develops a life of its own, the scientist must take matters into his own hands, and conquer his fears, by Defying Gravity. Get info on Defying Gravity / IMDB / YouTube

Europe; the plague years. A wigmaker, locked in his shop, observes the events and writes about them in his journal. Mostly, we see shrouded bodies, and a young girl who lives in the tavern across the way that gets progressively sicker. When she dies, the wigmaker goes to the mass grave where she's buried and cuts off her luxurious red hair; he makes himself a wig from. Details on The Periwig-Maker / IMDB / YouTube

In Franken Pooh, Piglet is trying to tell a not-so-scary story, but Tigger makes it scary. Dr. Von Piglet creates the Monster Franken Pooh, who rampages, looking for honey! In Things That Go Piglet In The Night, Eeyore is trying to learn how to swing at night time, because he doesn't get a chance during the day. But Piglet thinks he's a monster when he hears him y. Get info on Winnie the Pooh Franken Pooh / IMDB / YouTube